White bugs

[Nixx]

treatment for springtails

NL put into a bin liner with root ball and drenched with Safer insecticide. http://www.ogdenpubs.com/uploadedFiles/misc/Insect-Killing-Soap-Instructions-Item-6569.pdf

Will check her tomorrow.

Tips - leave top open - plants need air. Duck tape around base and leave excess bin liner . Drench easily.

I can check bugs in root ball tomoz.

 

[Nixx]

on a good note x








:drool:

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

Wow, Nixx.
First, some very nice ladies you have there!
Karma going out for your NL, poor thing. :Ohmmm.......:
I'm curious why you took her out of her pot, and how you will go about checking the root ball. It just seems like a lot of stress to be putting on an already sick gal. Remember also, roots don't like the light!
Hope all goes well! :Sharing One:

 

[Nixx]

Wow, Nixx.
First, some very nice ladies you have there!
Karma going out for your NL, poor thing. :Ohmmm.......:
I'm curious why you took her out of her pot, and how you will go about checking the root ball. It just seems like a lot of stress to be putting on an already sick gal. Remember also, roots don't like the light!
Hope all goes well! :Sharing One:

Firstly its a good way to stop the bugs contaminating the floor through the holes in her pot. The saucer had run off teaming with bugs,. Secondly it will keep the drench surrounding the root ball so it doesnt just run off.

Dont think she can be any more stressed but for 24 hours its the best thing I think to do. Ill post pics of results later.

Thanx for the rep slap. I have some great gals but concerned about bud weight going on. Still small. Im increasing Biobizz bloom but I really need some LED lighting to penetrate the canopy that can get a bit dense ! :ama:

 

[Nixx]

I put the NL back in pot after looking after 24 hours. lots of dead springtails in drench.
Im quite happy most have been killed. But I made a mistake. I top soiled her with bat guano soil for nute so now I dont have original soil at surface to check for jumping bugs.

I have just drenched 3 other ladies in pots.

 

[Nixx]

Its not plain sailing. These bugs are going to take some getting rid of. I REALLY DONT WANT THEM GETTING INTO SEEDLINGS AND VEGING PLANTS.

 

[Waira]

Nixx- did you look at the links on springtails? Now that it's certain what they are, WG has made a good call; take this biologists word for it, springtails are no threat to the plants in any way; they eat fungus only, not plant tissues,...damp conditions are a must for them, so elevating your plants off the floor level, by several inches, say, on a milk crate or such with an open structure to prevent forming another damp zone will help a lot... they are everywhere in nature, in staggering numbers, so being utterly rid of them isn't likely for long; until you can undergo a complete clean and dry of the tent, get fresh soil, etc., you'll see some, and even then, they may come back.... meantime, creating a hostile environment and nailing the existing population will suppress their numbers... again, they aren't true pests, just a nuisance... DE can help, but it's messy (it's made of microscopic algae "skeletons", basically made of Sio2 -glass- ,or CaCO3, and is the equivalent of glass shards at their size scale; it kills by physical damage to their bodies)... they are easy to kill with safe products, though I don't know if mosquito dunks will work on them ( those are a biological weapon, a form of bacteria that gets ingested and ruins their guts,... a similar strain of bact. is used in that caterpillar spray), but fungus gnats are, and they're just as ubiquitous as springtails! So try those anyway, as a preventative, if nothing else... otherwise, keep making life hell for them with the above suggestions.... :ama:

 

[Nixx]

Nixx- did you look at the links on springtails? Now that it's certain what they are, WG has made a good call; take this biologists word for it, springtails are no threat to the plants in any way; they eat fungus only, not plant tissues,...damp conditions are a must for them, so elevating your plants off the floor level, by several inches, say, on a milk crate or such with an open structure to prevent forming another damp zone will help a lot... they are everywhere in nature, in staggering numbers, so being utterly rid of them isn't likely for long; until you can undergo a complete clean and dry of the tent, get fresh soil, etc., you'll see some, and even then, they may come back.... meantime, creating a hostile environment and nailing the existing population will suppress their numbers... again, they aren't true pests, just a nuisance... DE can help, but it's messy (it's made of microscopic algae "skeletons", basically made of Sio2 -glass- ,or CaCO3, and is the equivalent of glass shards at their size scale; it kills by physical damage to their bodies)... they are easy to kill with safe products, though I don't know if mosquito dunks will work on them ( those are a biological weapon, a form of bacteria that gets ingested and ruins their guts,... a similar strain of bact. is used in that caterpillar spray), but fungus gnats are, and they're just as ubiquitous as springtails! So try those anyway, as a preventative, if nothing else... otherwise, keep making life hell for them with the above suggestions.... :ama:

This is from a web link - Springtails feed on leaf litter, decaying plant materials, bacteria and fungi. Additionally, their diet may include fine roots in wet to damp soils.


I think they are still capable of stunting growth. Especially if eating small roots. So as you say I need to make life hell for them.